aelolive

  When I Lay Down in a Death Box One day, I sat quietly with the world before me—a world full of color and feeling, but also full of suffering. I had heard the quiet sobs of frightened people. I had seen them carry their worries as though the weight could never be put down. Some had lived with restlessness for so long that they believed it was incurable. I knew nothing about the lines on a person’s palm. But I was beginning to recognize the lines drawn through a life by habits, flaws, and actions. As I sat there, my thoughts seemed to walk beside me through this colorful garden of human troubles. Then one thought turned to me and asked, “Jinder, what do you want to do with your life?” I glanced around and answered, “I don’t want to live like this.” None of the roles life seemed to offer felt like mine. My thought asked again, “Well, madam, you must do something . You don’t want to study or take up a job. What exactly do you want to do?” “I want to say goodbye to every suffering in ...